China 16 Days Tour of Beijing Xian Shanghai Suzhou Yellow Mountain Guangzhou Guilin

Detailed Itinerary

• Day 1. Arrival at Beijing.  
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  Reach Beijing airport or railway station. Your private guide will wait at the exit and escort you to hotel for check in.
  Free for the remainder of the day.
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• Day 2. Beijing: Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Summer Palace, Olympic Park.  
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  English speaking guide and private vehicle will pick you up from hotel at 08:30am.
  Take a stroll on the largest downtown square in the world, Tiananmen Square. The square has witnessed the founding of the new China.
  Then visit Forbidden City. This world's largest palace complex was the imperial palace during the Ming and Qing dynasties(1368-1911).
• Proceed to Summer Palace after lunch. Combining lakes, gardens and ancient structures, Summer Palace is the best-preserved and largest royal garden existing in China.
  Admire the most outstanding architectures in Olympic Park, Bird's Nest and Water Cube. Have an outside view of these two venues.
  Transfer you back to the hotel after the tour.
•   Breakfast, Lunch,
• Day 3. Beijing: Ming Tombs, Badaling Great Wall.  
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  English speaking guide and private vehicle will pick you up from hotel at 08:30am.
  Visit Ming Tombs in the morning. With a history of over 600 years, Ming Tombs is the final resting place of 13 emperors of Ming Dynasty(1368-1644).
  Discover the largest and the first built tomb, Changling. It is the tomb of the third Ming Emperor Zhu Di and his wife.
• Head to the famous Badaling Great Wall in the afternoon. Badaling is the best preserved and most popular section of the Great Wall of China. It is close Beijing city and featured with magnificent architectures and breathtaking nature scenery.
  Transfer you back to the hotel after the tour.
•   Breakfast, Lunch,
• Day 4. Beijing Hutong, Temple of Heaven, flight to Xian.  Arrive in Xian and hotel check-in.  
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  English speaking guide and private vehicle will pick you up from hotel at 08:30am.
  Visit Beijing Hutongs by rickshaws. Beijing Hutongs are narrow lanes surrounded by traditional courtyard residences. They have a history of over 700 years and represent the traditional culture and way of life of old Beijingers.
  Continue to Temple of Heaven, the largest sacrificial building complex in the world. The temple was the place where emperors came to perform worship to the God of Heaven and pray for good harvests.
• After lunch, drive you to airport to take flight for Xian.
  
  
• Local guide will pick you up from Xian airport and escort you to check in the hotel.
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• Day 5. Xian: Terracotta Warriors and Horses, Huaqing Pool, Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Tang Dynasty Show.  
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  English speaking guide and private vehicle will pick you up from hotel at 08:30am.
  Drive about 1 hour to visit Terracotta Warriors and Horses. Be honored as the Eighth Wonder in the World, Terracotta Warriors and Horses is a part of the Mausoleum of the Emperor Qin Shihuang(259-210BC). Over 8,000 life-size warriors, horses and chariots are arranged in battle formations.
• After lunch, proceed to Huaqing Pool. Huaqing Pool had been a resort palace for many dynasties because of its natural beauty and hot spring resources. It has become a landmark site for Chinese Tang Culture.
  Move on to Big Wild Goose Pagoda. Originally built in 652 of Tang Dynasty, the pagoda is functioned to collect Buddhist materials that were taken from India by the hierarch Xuanzang.
• Enjoy Tang Dynasty Show after dinner. Tang Dynasty Show presents the essence of music and dance art of the Tang Dynasty over a thousand years ago.
  Transfer you back to the hotel after the tour.
•   Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Day 6. Xian: Shaanxi History Museum, Great Mosque, Ancient City Wall, flight to Shanghai.  Arrive in Shanghai and hotel check-in.  
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  English speaking guide and private vehicle will pick you up from hotel at 08:30am.
  First proceed to Shaanxi History Museum. Over 1,700,000 cultural relics are displayed in this comprehensive museum to show the history and culture of Shaanxi province and ancient China.
  Then visit Great Mosque. With a history of over 1,200 year, Great Mosque is one of the oldest and largest mosques in China. It was designed with traditional Chinese architecture style and decorated with Islamic culture.
• Go on to Ancient City Wall, one of the most important landmarks of Xian. It was built over 600 years ago as an important military defensive system to fortify the city.
  Afterwards, drive you to airport to take flight for Shanghai.
  
  Local guide will pick you up from Shanghai airport and escort you to check in the hotel.
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• Day 7. Shanghai: Yu Garden, Nanjing Road, Oriental Pearl TV Tower, The Bund.  
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  English speaking guide and private vehicle will pick you up from hotel at 08:30am.
  Start your Shanghai trip with Yu Garden. This well-restored Suzhou-style garden is one of the best gardens in southern China. It perfectly combines pavilions, halls, bridges, towers, ponds and rockeries.
  Take a stroll on Nanjing Road. Nanjing Road is the most prosperous shopping street in Shanghai and one of the top ten pedestrian streets in China.
• After lunch, proceed to Oriental Pearl TV Tower. This 468-meter-high tower is the most recognizable landmark of Shanghai. It has four major sightseeing observatories at different heights.
  Wander on The Bund. The Bund is a famous waterfront along the Huangpu River. It is famed as "Exhibition of International Buildings" because of 52 various buildings in different architectural styles, such as Gothic, Baroque, Romanesque and the Renaissance.
  Transfer you back to the hotel after the tour.
•   Breakfast, Lunch,
• Day 8. Suzhou: Humble Administrator's Garden, Lingering Garden, Grand Canal.    
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  English speaking guide and private vehicle will pick you up from hotel at 08:30am.
  Drive to Suzhou.
  Visit Humble Administrator's Garden, the largest of all classical gardens in Suzhou. It is a representative of gardens in southern China. Humble Administrator's Garden is a treasure house containing arts of architecture, calligraphy, carving, painting, and bonsai.
• Then visit Lingering Garden. The garden is celebrated for its artistic way of dealing with the spaces between various kinds of architectural form. The four parts of the garden are connected by corridors which twists and turns with the terrain, spiraling up hills, spanning valleys, skirting ponds, or leading to secluded nooks.
  Take a cruise on Grand Canal. The cruise can give you a full view of the landscape of a typical river town in southern China including age-old dwelling houses, stone bridges of traditional designs and historical relics.
  Transfer you back to the hotel in Shanghai after the tour.
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• Day 9. Take flight to Huangshan.  Arrive in Huangshan and hotel check-in.  
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  Pick you up from hotel and drive you to airport to take flight for Huangshan.
  
  
• Local guide will pick you up from Huangshan airport and escort you to check in the hotel.
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• Day 10. Mt. Huangshan.  
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  Drive to Mt. Huangshan in the morning.
  Take cable car at Yungu Station to the top of the mountain and check in the hotel.
• After lunch, you will view Brush Pen Peak, tour Lion Peak and Xihai Grand Canyon, enjoy the sunset glow at the Cloud Dispelling Pavilion, etc.
  Stay overnight at the summit.
•   Breakfast, Lunch,
• Day 11. Mt. Huangshan, Tunxi Ancient Street.  
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  Try to get up early in the morning to catch the magical sunrise.
  After breakfast, visit the Begin-to-Believe Peak to see the grotesque pine trees.
  Take the cable car down to the foot of the Mt. Huangshan and drive back to the Huangshan City.
• Visit Tunxi Ancient Street. The street was built 700 years ago in the Song dynasty. Its total length is about 1.5 km and the sides of the street are laid with slab stones.
  Transfer you back to the hotel in Huangshan city after the tour.
•   Breakfast, Lunch,
• Day 12. Hongcun Village, flight to Guangzhou.  Arrive in Guangzhou and hotel check-in.  
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  English speaking guide and private vehicle will pick you up from hotel at 08:30am.
  Drive to Hongcun Village. With a history of over 500 years, Hongcun Village is famous for its Huizhou-style Residences with white walls and gray tiled roofs. It was listed as a world cultural heritage site by UNESCO in 2000, together with Xidi Village. Local guide will pick you up from Guangzhou airport and escort you to check in the hotel.
• Then go back to Huangshan city and transfer to airport for the flight to Guangzhou.
  
  
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• Day 13. Guangzhou: Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Memorial Hall, Yuexiu Park, Chen Clan Temple, Xiguan Ancient Grand House.  
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  English speaking guide and private vehicle will pick you up from hotel at 08:30am.
  Proceed to Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Memorial Hall, a key historical relic sponsored by local people of Guangzhou and overseas Chinese. It is in memory of Sun Yat-sen, the great revolutionary forerunner.
  Visit Yuexiu Park, which is the largest park in downtown Guangzhou. The park is made up of three artificial lakes and seven hills of Yuexiu Mountain. It is also famous for its Zhenhai Tower and the Sculpture of the Five Rams.
• Then have a tour to Chen Clan Temple. Built between 1890 and 1894 during the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty, This ancestral temple is the largest, best preserved, and best decorated ancient architecture existing in Guangdong province.
  Move on to Xiguan Ancient Grand House. The houses were built by the rich and powerful families during the Qing Dynasty(1644-1911). With traditional Lingnan characteristics, these buildings are grand and bright with their halls and gardens combined with each other and decorated brilliantly.
  Transfer you back to the hotel after the tour.
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• Day 14. Take flight to Guilin.  Arrive in Guilin, Reed Flute Cave, Elephant Trunk Hill, Seven Star Park.  
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  Pick you up from hotel and transfer to airport. Take flight to Guilin.
  
  Local guide will meet you at Guilin airport.
  Have private city tour in this scenery city. Visit Reed Flute Cave. Known as "the Palace of Natural Arts", Reed Flute Cave contains beautiful stalactites and stalagmites.
• Then we will visit Elephant Trunk Hill, the symbol of Guilin. The hill looks like a giant elephant with a long trunk.
  Visit Seven Star Park, the biggest park in Guilin.
  Transfer you to check in the hotel after the tour.
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• Day 15. Li River Cruise to Yangshuo.  
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  English speaking guide and private vehicle will pick you up from hotel in the morning and transfer you to Zhujiang Port.
  Take a Li River Cruise to Yangshuo escorted by your guide. The section from Guilin to Yangshuo is the essence of the Li River scenery. It is reputed as the "Hundred-mile Gallery". The cruise will last about 4.5 hours. Lunch is on onboard.
• Disembark at Yangshuo in the afternoon. Take an exploration in this ancient town. Walk on the famous West Street and feel the relaxed atmosphere.
  Stay overnight in Yangshuo.
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• Day 16. Departure.  
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  Pick you up from hotel and transfer to Guilin airport for departure.
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